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Single-player games like Burly Men at Sea

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Burly Men at Sea, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Tales of Ancient Nights — Steam game cover

    Tales of Ancient Nights

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Burly Men at Sea.

    A short journey to the tragic stories of ancient greek gods and goddesses. It is time to learn about Greek Mythology with a beautiful storyline in this visual novel.

    2019IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    One Night Stand — Steam game cover

    One Night Stand

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Year Walk — Steam game cover

    Year Walk

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

    2014IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Retention — Steam game cover

    Retention

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Isolomus — Steam game cover

    Isolomus

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    Bite-sized surreal horror with multiple choices. Make your own way through the claymation madness!

    2020IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gray Skies, Dark Waters — Steam game cover

    Gray Skies, Dark Waters

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    What does it mean to truly disappear without a trace? This modern interpretation of centuries-old folktales drops you into a world of secrets, unanswered questions, and (just maybe) the supernatural. Search to reveal the truth—or, at least, your version of it.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wolf Among Us — Steam game cover

    The Wolf Among Us

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Burly Men at Sea.

    From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

    2013ActionAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series — Steam game cover

    The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.

    2020Adventure49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doggins — Steam game cover

    Doggins

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    A point-and-sniff adventure. Explore the moon, sniff some things. Unravel the plot of a villainous squirrel to sabotage the history of human invention.

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler — Steam game cover

    The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler

    Single-player alternative to Burly Men at Sea — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Burly Men at Sea.

    A time-looping puzzle ballad of Ozark folk superstition. Reorder events in time to unravel the legend of a weather-making rooster.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →